Now THAT's an anchor! Blackbeard's anchor to be retrieved

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10:10 PM Mon 23 May 2011 GMT

'Queen Anne&rsquo;s Revenge, the anchor' .

Now THAT's an anchor! When we upgraded our main anchor to 65kg and the line to 100metres of 10mm chain we thought we'd reached the big time. Blackbeard's anchor, due to be retrieved from its watery resting place this week, weighed 1,360kg. We have an electric windlass. They retrieved theirs by hand. Modern piracy does not have the same romantic allure as in the days of the terrifying English pirate Blackbeard, with his flowing black beard and lit fuses in his hair. Maybe this points to the fact that we love stories of blood ...

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by Lee Mylchreest

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